Promoted Names for Boys

There are 16 Promoted names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Promoted names 1 to 16. Jackson was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English and Welsh Trevor, the English and Scottish Scott, the English Stanley, Roderick, Sidney, and lastly the English name, Sonny. The unusual Promoted names are Basil (English and German), Bronson (English), Duane (English and Irish), Duke (English), Edmund (English and German), Leslie (English and German), Montgomery (English), Siegfried (German), and Sinclair (English).

Promoted names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1970s; prior to that, they were of only moderate use. At the height of their usage in 1971, 2.124% of baby boys were given Promoted names. There were 12 Promoted names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Promoted names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 7 Promoted names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.774%. Within all Promoted names, the English Jackson was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #33 and a usage of 0.5282%.

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Basil ... royal, kingly; valiant, ... in the 19th century, promoted by the plant name, ...

Bronson ... son of Brown, son of ... use has been promoted by the actor Charles Bronson ...

Duane ... little dark one ... name has been promoted by the fame of the guitarist ...

Duke ... duke ... which somewhat promoted the use of the name. ...

Edmund ... protector of wealth ... Anglia; his popularity promoted the adoption of the ...

Jackson 33 ... son of Jack ... in the USA, it was promoted by the popularity of ...

Leslie ... garden of hollies ... it was also later promoted by the fame of the ...

Montgomery ... Gomeric's hill; hill ... the early 20th century, promoted by the fame of Bernard ...

Roderick 835 ... famously powerful ... in the 19th century, promoted by Sir Walter Scott's ...

Scott 277 ... Scotsman, Scottish ... 20th century, possibly promoted by the fame of the ...

Sidney 840 ... wide island, wide meadow ... its adoption was later promoted by the appearance of ...

Siegfried ... victory; peace, protection, ... other Germanic names, promoted also by the Richard ...

Sinclair ... clear pool, clear well ... Lewis (1885-1951) has promoted the recent adoption of ...

Sonny 865 ... was first promoted by the appearance of the character ...

Stanley 617 ... stony clearing ... and it was later promoted via the fame of the ...

Trevor 136 ... large village ... century, and was later promoted in Britain by the actor ...